GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Health officials are urging people to protect themselves from a certain type of tick that can carry Lyme disease.

The blacklegged, or deer tick, can carry the disease and nymphs are often out during late spring to early summer.

According to Brian Hartl, an epidemiologist for the Kent County Health Department, the nymphs are currently out feeding or looking for human blood.

Source: Fox17